Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-07-18

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In an interview with the Mitchell
Republican Governor Church says:
s'If can succeed in giving Dakota an
honest, bfoad-gauge administration,
think it will be the best recommends
'tion for our party that it is possible for
'it to have"
1t may be the governor. imagines he
is giving Dakota an honest, oad-guage
administration. Ii he does his mistakes
are more the mistakes of the head than
of the heart, and he is more to be pitied
than censured. His belief demonstrates
again and anew his unfitness for an ex-
eont1ye position and shows that he is
weak where he should be strong and
totally lacking in the essential elements
OF ruler, A broad-guage administration
would ere this have drawn about it the
best elements Of both parties and this
would have included large majority OF
the people OF Dakota. Instead, we find
SoNChhOh SAuiSh WlUli q MCah AollO
of Office holders and office seekers, some
of them republicans and the rest demo
Gratis. It's no exaggeration to soy that
seventy five per cent of his own party in
the territory is in open rebellion against
the governor and that ninety per
cent OF the republican party
opposes him, not because
of his politics, but because of his sins of
omission and commission. Such CON
sdition surely cannot be the result of y
.broad-guage policy in the common ac-
ceptation of the term. Truthfully stat
ed, it is the result of a narrow, selfish,
deceptive and corrupt policy. Its mar
row because it fails entirely ia its COM
prehension Of the wants and desires OF
the people and COZ tents itself with con-
ferring satisfaction upon the few satel-
l,tes who fawn before his presence. 1t is
selfish because its efforts are to procure
illegally or illegally the largest personal
emoluments for the least service. 1t ie
deceptive because it has time
after time made promises in good
faith of important positions to trust
worthy men and has afterwards thrown
them over without explanation OF
apology and substituted for gubernato-
rial favors the seum of both parties.
1t is corrupt because it gathers beneath
It's standard the boodlers who have
feasted upon the spoils carrion these
many years. II Governor Church
truthfully aims at an honest, broad
suage administration of affairs and
sincerely desires to attain the dis
tinction of success in this
speciality, he must now be written dowa
as one totally incompetent. Either this
or he must accept the charge of political
deprayity which some seem disposed to
place at his door. In another portion
OF his interview the governor says:
Il shall quietly submit to the criti-
'cisms that eyery public man must ex.
spect and be willing to submit to-
The criticisms bestowed upoa public
men are Of different quality from the
outbreak of just indignation which is
overwhelming this pretended statesman
The reflections upon his public course
are not criticisms they are d.recs and
open charges Of serious ma tnre and
under them he cannot quietly hide his
head and say that allgreat men are Che
subjects of such structures. But his
understanding cannot grasp these diff
ferences any more than his moral nature
can rebel ageinst the great wrongs he ii
lnfiosing upon those whom he was Sc
lected to serve.